I bring this up tonight because I understand that the upcoming election has already started. And although we're in the chaff phase (and BOY will there be a lot of chaff before this is done ... Saturday Night Live writers must be chomping at the bit to get back to work), I know that many of you would rather not engage in the fighting that is already beginning on the Facebook or around the table or at the party.
So ... I suggest that you have a few random trivia items in your back pocket that you can utilize to change the conversation. For instance ... which president was the FIRST born in a hospital (believe it or not ... the answer is the peanut man, JC himself [Jimmy Carter]) ... or for whom is Camp David named ... (Ike Eisenhower's grandson) ... or which president's mom refused to sleep in Lincoln's bed when she visited the White House because she was such a supporter of the Confederacy (which, come to think of it, works especially well nowadays whether the awkward conversation is about Trump OR Charleston SC ... and the answer is Harry S Truman's momma)!
You're welcome. Oh, and it's a loooong way to next November, so let's try not to hate each other so soon, deal?
WHO KNEW HOSPITAL BIRTHS WERE SUCH A MODERN THING:
http://www.omgfacts.com/lists/4414/Jimmy-Carter-was-the-first-president-to-be-born-in-a-hospital-ab635-0
AKA NAVAL SUPPORT FACILITY THURMOND:
http://communitytable.com/171982/claudiagryvatzcopquin/names-of-america-how-did-camp-david-get-its-name/
THE HARRY S TRUMAN FACTOID (AND MORE):
http://www.legendsofamerica.com/ah-presidenttrivia.html
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